Research Agenda for Overtourism

Edited by Richard W. Butler, Emeritus Professor, Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, UK and Rachel Dodds, Professor, Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada

‘This is important reading for those engaged with contemporary tourism. Scholarly yet practical approaches that combine theoretical discussion and compelling examples from diverse settings are used to address the pressing problem of overtourism and what can be done about it. Significant contributions are made to the understanding and resolution of destination management issues.’

• Contents1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for Overtourism 1Richard Butler and Rachel DoddsPART I EMERGENCEIntroduction to Part I – Emergence 11Richard Butler2 Factors contributing to overtourism in destinations 13Rachel Dodds and Richard Butler3 Progress in overtourism discourse measured through thewell-being-centred sustainable tourism paradigm 33Tanja Mihalic4 Results of overtourism: an overview of media coverage 49Sarah Qianlin Wang5 The impact of technology on overtourism and strategies forpromoting the dispersal of visitors 63David SimmonsPART II CASES AND EXAMPLESIntroduction to Part II – Cases and examples 77Richard Butler6 Overcrowding in Boracay: causes and effects 81Reil G. Cruz7 Overtourism in Malta 95Lino Briguglio and Marie Avellino8 venice: entry tickets and other proposals 107Dominic Standish9 Overtourism mitigation and nuisance control in Amsterdam– finding a balance 119Rami K. Isaac10 The Asian perspective and Chinese perceptions ofovertourism 133Jigang Bao, Zengxian Liang, Chaozhi Zhang and Yujie Sun11 Cultural implications of overtourism: a Middle Easternperspective 147Jahanzeeb Qurashi12 Overtourism and North American national parks: exploringthe hotspot phenomenon 161Joe PavelkaPART III IMPLICATIONS AND ALTERNATIvESIntroduction to Part III – Implications and alternatives 177Richard Butler13 Centring the local community in critical conversations onovertourism 179Chloe King and Freya Higgins-Desbiolles14 Constructing ‘overtourism’: critical reflections on a newconcept 193Jim Butcher15 Overtourism and resident well-being: a framework foranalysis 207Larry Dwyer16 Mitigation measures 221Richard Butler and Rachel Dodds17 Conclusion to A Research Agenda for Overtourism 231Richard Butler and Rachel Dodds